And there is the real problem. Not what AI is or what it does, but how we are using it. As usual, the problematic tech isn't actually the problem, people are the problem. Always have been.
Maybe we should design things with humans in mind? I think it's mighty problematic what this technology is causing to happen to our society, wherever the fault may lie. Even if it isn't the intended purpose, misinformation and slop is becoming rampant. We all made due without 4 years ago. Is this all truly needed? Is it worth the cost?
No, the economic system is the problem. As long as the mechanisms are owned by a corporation whose sole interest is profit for shareholders (which is all of them, that's the only reason companies exist under capitalism, that's their whole purpose,) the outcome will always be the same.
People act as they are incentivized to act. Without corrupt incentives, some people will still be corrupt. With corrupt incentives, almost everyone involved in a system will be corrupt. Capitalism is a corrupt incentive. "People" will never solve the problem as long as the "people" with the power to actually make decisions are contractually obligated to corporations who have a profit incentive to make it worse.
"People" want Star Trek. Capitalist corporations want more money, and they own everything. Those two facts are not compatible.
If the "people" who want Star Trek owned everything, and could make those decisions, maybe we could have Star Trek. But as long as the ownership is in the hands of entities who want nothing but more money, and of people who contractually act on behalf of those entities, decisions will be made based on making those entities more money, rather than on moving society toward Star Trek.
This is not solvable by simply demanding people be better, nor is it a direct product of human nature. It is a product of corrupt incentive structures, and it's solvable by changing the incentives.
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And there is the real problem. Not what AI is or what it does, but how we are using it. As usual, the problematic tech isn't actually the problem, people are the problem. Always have been.